Leoš Janácek
03.07.1854—12.08.1928

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Leoš Janácek
Glagolitic Mass | for soloists, mixed choir, organ and orchestra | final version

Work Details
Year of composition: 1928
Version: final version
Scored for: for soloists, mixed choir, organ and orchestra
Composer: Leoš Janácek
Edited by: Paul Wingfield
Text Source: Ordinary of the Masses in Old Church Slavonic, "Cyril" and "Misi slavnije o bl. Marii deve i za umršeje obetnije slovenskim jezikom" transliterated by Josef Vajs; (1919/1920) and revised by Miloš Weingart.
Text Editor: Miloš Weingart
Original Language: Altkirchenslawisch
Translator: Malcolm Rayment; Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann; Rosa Newmarch
Choir: SSAATTBB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano; alto; tenor; bass
Instrumentation: 4 3 3 3 - 4 4 3 1 - timp, perc(2), hp(2), cel, org, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+ 3rd picc); 3rd flute (+ 1st picc); 4th flute (+ 2nd picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb (+ bass cl(Bb)); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in F; 2nd trumpet in F; 3rd trumpet in F; 4th trumpet in F; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; tuba; timpani; percussion (2 player); 1st harp; 2nd harp; celesta; organ; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 45
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World Première
Location: Brno / Czech Republic
Date: 05.12.1927
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Brno National Theatre
Conductor: Kvapil Jaroslav
Main Soloists: Alexandra Cvanová, s, Marie Hloušková, a, Stanislav Tauber, t, Ladislav Nemecek, b, Bohumil Holub, org.
Work Introduction

1926 was a particularly successful and productive year for Leoš Janácek, who composed the opera The Makropulos Case, as well as Sinfonietta and the Glagolitic Mass, (Mša glagolskaja) among other works.

Janácek wrote his Glagolitic Mass in just two and a half months, and it became one [...]

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